Wednesday, January 15

Always, always read the labels

A couple weeks ago, I accidentally bought the Special K protein shakes I enjoy for dinner in the mocha chocolate flavor. An easy-enough error, I suppose, since both the mocha chocolate and the milk chocolate packaging colors are the same.
You know what's not easy? Drinking the mocha chocolate-flavored shakes. Oh my heavens, it is awful. I'm sure there is a chemically derived flavor in there that is supposed to taste like mocha, but really, it's like drinking a melted plastic chair.
But, of course, I know I made the error, and it's a terrible waste to toss out the four shakes, so I'm soldiering through them. Tonight, I drank the third of four shakes.
It was not good, but I'm essentially punishing myself for not paying enough attention when I chose my shakes, by making myself drink the gross shakes. I'm actually looking forward to drinking the last shake because, by virtue of it being the last shake, it will be the last mocha chocolate protein shake I will drink. I've already -- very deliberately -- selected and bought the milk chocolate protein shake replacements.

My To-Be-Read Pile

"Grave Ransom," Kalayna Price

"The Map of Time," Felix J. Palma

Obsessed Much? Yes. TV shows I watch:

Archer,Drunk History, Elementary, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Game of Thrones, The Good Place, Gotham, iZombie, Last Week Tonight, Life in Pieces, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Modern Family, The Originals, Preacher, Talking Dead, The Walking Dead

Movies I've seen

The Accountant

Sing

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Mr. Right

Passengers

Books I've Read

"The End of Oz," Danielle Paige

"Yellow Brick War," Danielle Paige

"Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis," Anne Rice

"The Court of Mist and Fury," Sarah Maas

"The Angels' Share," J.R. Ward

Sydney G.

Cooper G.

Elliot G.

Random pet peeves

Head ribbons on babies

Mouth noises

Use of "@" outside of email addresses

Monkey movies

Shaped shrubbery

Dog owners that leave poo

Men who soapbox pro-life

Shingles

Crickets and ants

New York Yankees, Giants

Mosquito bites

"Fifty Shades of Grey"

Put on your quotation devices

"You can never have too many super-duper, super-swell friends."

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

"As you wish."

"Bird by bird."

"I spin on an axis of my own neuroses."

"When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."

"Not the sort of information I retain."

"Keep a watchful eye for ravens."

" ... trying to smell the color 9."

Arbitrary goals and aspirations

Weigh what I've got listed on my driver's license.

Watch the "best" movies and read all the "best" books.

Gain the confidence to wear heels regularly and in everyday life.

Use the statement, made popular by most every movie villain, "You have no idea what I'm capable of."